to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
boisterously; roughly; briskly
by your leave; with your permission
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
boat; rowboat; rowing boat
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
below sea level; undersea; beneath the waves
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
and; thereupon; because of that
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
unless one ...; if one does not ...
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
several sheets (flat objects)
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
headquarters; head office; main office
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss
particularly; only; in the case of
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up someone (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness